Jianghu are all masters

76.

It was still only morning.

If they rushed faster and found the person Puyang Jing mentioned in the morning, then he would have time to find a way to save the matter.

Zhang Xiaoyuan stared at the top of Pu Yangjing's head, for a moment, finally saw several lines of words popping out of Pu Yangjing's head.

"This morning's news report, there is an old beggar named "Liu Zhi" in the city. He is a disciple of the beggar gang. He often buys and sells news from the world, or has contacts with the orphan of the late emperor. This person has not been alarmed, and three people are left to follow him."

"Why is he in the emperor's house?"

"What is the relationship between him and the emperor?"

"Why him?"

what……

What about the next three sentences? !

Is there anyone else in Zhao Chengyang's house?Was it because of that person that Zhao Chengyang decided to postpone meeting Liuzhi until noon?

Xiao Mobai is the only known person who is most likely to have an affair with the emperor.

So... why is Xiao Mobai in Zhao Chengyang's house so early in the morning?And why did Zhao Chengyang wait until noon to see Liuzhi?

Zhang Xiaoyuan felt that he might have been with Wen Tingting for a long time, he couldn't help but start thinking wildly!

He knocked on his head, decided to close the window and stop thinking about it.

Taking one last look before closing the window, he saw Zhao Chengyang opened the door a little, and Xiao Mobai stood by the door wrapped in the outer robe that Zhao Chengyang wore yesterday, and even smiled slightly at Pu Yangjing.

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "..."

Did he guess right? !

The hand closing the window stopped in mid-air, and he opened his eyes wide, watching the words "Emperor Dog" appear on Puyang Jing's head again.

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "..."

Wait, can't you?

Why did Pu Yangjing call Zhao Chengyang a dog emperor?

He was terrified, but before he had time to think too much, he suddenly saw a large piece of writing floating over from the side of the window.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhly

"I shed tears for Puyang!"

Zhang Xiaoyuan looked over there in fright, and he really saw Wen Tingting in the courtyard terrified and hugging his butt.

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "..."

Zhang Xiaoyuan closed the window, not wanting to look any more.

77.

When Lu Zhaoming returned from fetching hot water, he saw Zhang Xiaoyuan staring at him eagerly.

Lu Zhaoming looked weird at him, and asked with a frown, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan said: "Brother, do you still remember that you promised me to change the scabbard last night?"

Lu Zhaoming replied, "I remember."

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "Anyway, if you don't practice today, I'll go to the street and order a new one for you!"

Lu Zhaoming was slightly taken aback: "I'll go with you."

"No need." Zhang Xiaoyuan said, "Surprise, you don't see what the new scabbard looks like is a surprise!"

"Are you going alone?" Lu Zhaoming was obviously worried, "Your feet..."

"It's much better today." Zhang Xiaoyuan still took a few steps on the ground, "Anyway, I'm only wandering around the county town, so there's no danger."

Lu Zhaoming reluctantly nodded his head: "Okay."

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "However, the scabbard needs to be customized according to the sword, senior brother, I might borrow your sword to use..."

When he said this, he still hesitated a little, he knew that for Jianghu swordsman, the sword is a personal thing, almost like the swordsman's life, and it is definitely not easy to leave the body.And he just wanted to find an excuse to sneak out to find Liuzhi. If the elder brother refused to give him the sword, he might have to think of other excuses.

But he didn't expect Lu Zhaoming to act straightforwardly, he took off the saber and handed it to him.

"Be careful." Lu Zhaoming didn't know what to tell him. After thinking about it, he could only say, "I'll wait for you to come back for dinner."

Zhang Xiaoyuan patted his chest: "Don't worry!"

He went out with his senior brother's sword, the first thing he did was to find a small shop selling clothes and cloth, bought a large piece of black cloth, and wrapped up his senior brother's sword.

Pu Yangjing left someone to take care of Liuzhi, he must not reveal his identity.

After wrapping up the sword, he bought a coir raincoat and bamboo hat in the shop next door, and took a scarf to cover his face—anyway, there are many people dressed like this in Jianghu, and Pu Yangjing also knew that Liuzhi was a disciple of the beggar gang who sold information about Jianghu , It is not surprising that Liuzhi interacts with people from the Jianghu.

The disguise was good, but Zhang Xiaoyuan was still very nervous. He held the sword wrapped in black cloth and walked around the city for a while, and soon found the location of Liuzhi and the little lame beggar.

The next step is to determine where Puyang Jing's people are.

He looked left and right, Liuzhi and Little Lame were always a busy place with people coming and going, there were a lot of pedestrians and vendors around, it was extremely difficult to identify who was the eyeliner left by Tianji Xuanyingwei here, but for Zhang Xiaoyuan Said, this matter is not too difficult, he looked around, everyone's head was ding ding ding bouncing, and after a while, he saw three people with the big characters Tianji Xuanyingwei on their heads.

A loving couple picking out cloth accessories, and an elder brother listening to an opera in a roadside teahouse.

And the wife of the loving couple... seems to be a man in women's clothing.

With a Dutong like Pu Yangjing, it seems normal for his subordinates to learn some special skills.

They were just staring at Liuzhi without any further action. Zhang Xiaoyuan took a deep breath and was about to walk over when he suddenly saw a familiar figure.

It's Xing Yan, whom I haven't seen for a few days.

She walked up to Liuzhi, threw a silver ingot into Liuzhi's bowl, and asked, "What are the identities of those newcomers in the county government office?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan looked around carefully, the people of Tianji Xuanying Guard really knew about the business that Liuzhi usually did, and when Xing Yan went up to ask for the news, they were not surprised, let alone stopped him.

That's right, in Pu Yangjing's eyes, Zhao Chengyang's coming to Fengji County to find his elder brother was not known to outsiders, so naturally no one would mess up the situation, and he didn't need to be too prepared.

Liuzhi glanced at Xing Yan, this time he didn't accept the money, but pouted and said, "We don't do this business."

Xing Yan was startled: "Don't do it?"

Six Fingers nodded: "You can't say it."

Xing Yan frowned and thought, and seemed to understand a little.

"Guardian Xing, I advise you not to ask too many questions." Six Fingers chuckled, "Don't worry, they are not here to touch your master."

Xing Yan didn't take back the money, but just nodded and said, "I understand, you can use the money to buy wine."

She turned and left, following the three of them as they were still doing what they had just done, at most she just glanced at her, and did not make any further moves.

Zhang Xiaoyuan took a deep breath, knowing that it was time for him to play.

He swaggered out with a completely different gait from his usual one, walked up to Liu Zhi in a few steps, and threw a 100 tael silver note into the broken bowl.

His heart is bleeding.

But in order to keep the second senior brother, 100 taels is 100 taels!If the money is gone, you can still earn it, but if the brother is gone, it is really gone.

Six Fingers looked up at him slowly, Zhang Xiaoyuan covered his face, and then lowered his bamboo hat to cover his face, he couldn't see clearly, so he wanted to judge who he was from the weapon, but Zhang Xiaoyuan wrapped the big brother's sword tightly, It was not even possible to tell whether it was a sword or a knife from the outside of the cloth bag, so Liuzhi had no choice but to give up and asked him, "What does the hero want to ask?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan squatted down in front of him, and said slowly in a subdued voice, "Ask if you still want this life."

Liuzhi sized him up seriously, then laughed after a long while and asked, "Is the hero threatening the old beggar?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan said, "I want to save your life."

Liuzhi finally turned serious, stared at him, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The young couple in front of the cloth vendor, the bearded couple listening to the opera in the teahouse." Zhang Xiaoyuan said, "They are all staring at you."

He believed that for an old Jianghu like Liuzhi, as long as someone mentioned something, he would quickly notice that there was something wrong with following those people.

Sure enough, Liuzhi frowned slightly, a little confused: "Who is that?"

The beggar gang has been selling information for hundreds of years, who in the world does not know that the beggar gang is well-informed?It is also because of this that ordinary people would never easily seek trouble from the Beggar Gang. It was the first time that Liuzhi had been sold for more than ten years, and this was the first time someone had come to stare at him.

Zhang Xiaoyuan replied: "You can't say it."

Six Fingers looked at him in astonishment.

"They want to ask you something." Zhang Xiaoyuan said, "You have to figure it out, should you tell them about that?"

Liuzhi felt uneasy: "What's the matter?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan replied: "National affairs are also family affairs."

Six Fingers seems to have understood.

He knew who the newcomers in the county office were from early in the morning, and now that Zhang Xiaoyuan said it, he also understood the identities of these people who were staring at him.

Besides Pu Yangjing's Tianji Xuanying Guard, who else could it be?

It's state affairs and family affairs, apart from the current whereabouts of the emperor's elder brother, what else will happen?

"Family affairs are difficult, and state affairs are even more difficult." Zhang Xiaoyuan tried every means to hint, "It is still possible to fight for an acre of land, and for the world—"

He stopped, smiled slightly, and said, "That's all I can say, so I can do it myself."

78.

In fact, Zhang Xiaoyuan didn't know whether Liu Zhi had figured out what he meant.

But he has no other way, he can't speak directly, and he can't reveal his identity.Don't even think about luring him to make money by selling news. He can't afford the money, and he doesn't have the strength to threaten Liuzhi not to speak. In this way, he can only make Liuzhi think that Zhao Chengyang has murderous intentions. The whereabouts of the orphan of the late emperor, in order to seal the news, after he told the news, he would probably die in the hands of Tianji Xuanyingwei.

But if he said that he didn't know, that the child had died back then——

The throne is not threatened, and the emperor will soon return to Beijing with peace of mind. He will never make trouble with an old beggar who knows nothing.

Six Fingers swallowed again.

Besides, he did know the whereabouts of that person, but... But if he said it, the emperor refused to let him go, and if something happened in the end, maybe Wang Henian would not let him go.

One opening of this mouth is death anyway.

He would rather pretend to be stupid than open such a mouth.

Zhang Xiaoyuan took a few steps and looked back.

Liuzhi and Xiaoliao were still timidly sitting by the wall and fiddling with broken bowls. He had hidden the banknotes and silver ingots long ago, and following Zhang Xiaoyuan's gaze, four words popped out of his head just right.

"It's important to save your life."

Zhang Xiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He swaggered away, those Tianji Xuanying guards really didn't look at him, and he paid special attention to the tops of their heads, they really didn't doubt it, so Zhang Xiaoyuan slipped into the alley, took off the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and found a place to throw it On the side, he patted his chest to ease his nervousness.

The next thing to do is to get a scabbard for the elder brother.

There are several blacksmith shops in the county, but Zhang Xiaoyuan is not very satisfied with seeing them. He knows that for the elder brother, the scabbard not only holds the sword edge, but also has the strange function of smashing people and blocking knives. The scabbard It must be durable and firm. The blacksmiths on the street are all inferior iron. I am afraid that after a few blows, they will have marks and dents. At most, they can be carved beautifully for decoration, but they are extremely unsuitable for senior brother.

Zhang Xiaoyuan couldn't find a suitable scabbard, so he had to go back.

He thought that with a long time to come, he would have a chance to find a suitable scabbard for the elder brother.

When he returned to the county yamen street, he immediately saw Lu Zhaoming leaning against the willow tree outside the yamen, waiting for him.

He was still in white, the catkins were blowing down his hair and shoulders, he didn't notice it, he just pursed his lips and smiled at Zhang Xiaoyuan.

Zhang Xiaoyuan ran over quickly, and he asked Zhang Xiaoyuan: "Did you find the scabbard?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan shook his head.

Lu Zhaoming said, "It's okay, I'll look for it later."

Zhang Xiaoyuan took his arm, stood on tiptoe, patted the catkins from his hair, stretched them out in front of Lu Zhaoming, and said, "Brother, you have catkins on your head—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Lu Zhaoming also stretched out his hand and plucked a ball of catkins from his head.

The two looked at each other for a moment, Zhang Xiaoyuan couldn't help but laughed.

When he stepped into the county office, he saw Zhao Chengyang coming out accompanied by Pu Yangjing and Qi Chaoyun. It was almost noon, and they should have gone to find Liuzhi. Zhang Xiaoyuan watched them leave, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. Liuzhi promised not to say anything at the time. This happened, but after that?

He was a little scared.

……

Zhang Xiaoyuan returned to the county government office, he didn't eat well for lunch, he was worried, no matter how delicious the food was, Wen Tingting suddenly came.

She took the initiative to sit beside Zhang Xiaoyuan, ignoring Lu Zhaoming on the opposite side, with a mysterious face, she whispered to Zhang Xiaoyuan: "Xiao Yuan, do you know!"

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "..."

Zhang Xiaoyuan already guessed what she was going to say.

He knew, of course he knew!

Xiao Mobai has an affair with the dog emperor, they are really a couple.

Wen Tingting was mysterious: "This morning, I saw Xiao Mobai in Zhao Chengyang's room!"

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "Oh..."

Wen Tingting: "Aren't you surprised!"

Zhang Xiaoyuan whispered: "They are in the same room...what's the matter?"

Wen Tingting nodded: "I forgot, you don't know their identities."

After she finished speaking, she sighed deeply, as if she had a stomach full of secrets she wanted to share with others, but now she had nothing to say, which was really depressing.

Zheng stood up and took a few steps outside, then quickly backed away, sat back beside Zhang Xiaoyuan, and whispered: "Xiao Mobai is here!"

Zhang Xiaoyuan was poking the rice in the bowl with his chopsticks, when he raised his head, he saw Xiao Mobai walking in, and smiled with them, saying: "No one brought the rice, so I'll come and have a look."

Wen Tingting muttered in a low voice: "Our yamen all come here to eat by themselves, Master Qi has never asked anyone to deliver food."

Xiao Mobai didn't seem to be very angry, he just said: "After staying with Ah Yang for a long time, it is inevitable that I will get used to the days when there is someone to serve me."

Zhang Xiaoyuan obviously saw Wen Tingting roll his eyes.

He didn't want to get involved in the inexplicable and bloody battle between these people, so he lowered his head, and ate the rice in his bowl seriously.

The dining table was not too big, Wen Tingting squeezed next to Zhang Xiaoyuan, Xiao Mobai looked around, and simply sat next to Lu Zhaoming.

He was obviously very interested in Lu Zhaoming and Zhang Xiaoyuan, or in other words, he was very interested in Jianghu, sitting next to Lu Zhaoming, it was inevitable that he would ask a few more questions out of curiosity.

"Lu Shaoxia, I've never met other Jiang Hu people." Xiao Mobai said, "You Jiang Hu...are you really so happy and free and easy?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan swallowed a mouthful of rice: "..."

What is this strange question?It sounds like you're looking for something to say.

And Lu Zhaoming was staring at his empty bowl in a daze.

He had already finished his meal, and originally wanted to supervise Zhang Xiaoyuan to read the sword manual after he finished eating, but Zhang Xiaoyuan ate too slowly, he became dazed unconsciously, Xiao Mobai seemed to ask him a few words, He didn't listen to a word,

Zhang Xiaoyuan felt that even if the question Xiao Mobai asked was a bit stupid, it was always bad to ignore him, so he lightly pushed Lu Zhaoming's arm, and whispered: "Brother, he is talking to you."

Lu Zhaoming suddenly came back to his senses.

"Huh?" Lu Zhaoming looked at Zhang Xiaoyuan, "Who is talking to me?"

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "..."

To be honest, when he first met the elder brother, Zhang Xiaoyuan felt that the elder brother was cold and scary, but now he has thoroughly figured out the elder brother's temper. When the elder brother looks cold, he is probably in a daze. Seeing his life experience from the top of the elder brother's head, what he thought in his heart was probably just because... the elder brother's life experience was simple and clean, without any secrets, and he didn't think about anything in his heart.

Xiao Mobai looked embarrassed.

He coughed lightly, and asked again: "I heard that the scholar mentioned the affairs in the Jianghu, so I couldn't help but be a little curious."

Lu Zhaoming: "Oh."

Xiao Mobai: "..."

Xiao Mobai bit the bullet and said: "You Jianghu people, it seems that most of you are people who value love and righteousness. When walking in the Jianghu, righteousness is the first word. It sounds really enviable."

Lu Zhaoming: "Yes."

Xiao Mobai: "...I don't know if Lu Shaoxia has heard any anecdotes from the world?"

Lu Zhaoming: "Huh?"

Xiao Mobai: "..."

Xiao Mobai turned his head, looked at the two stacks of side dishes in front of him, and took a deep breath.

Zhang Xiaoyuan is familiar with this expression.

Isn't this the expression that Pu Yangjing showed a few days ago when Wen Tingting said that Puyang Jing couldn't even catch a bird?

A man's self-esteem must not admit defeat!

Xiao Mobai turned his head, blinked at Lu Zhaoming, and showed a sweet smile.

Zhang Xiaoyuan stared at him blankly, seeing Xiao Mobai who had never written on his head suddenly popped out a few lines of big characters.

"Appearance: Delicate and moving"

"The appearance has improved!"

"Appearance: Stunning beauty that overwhelms the country and the city"

Huh?

what is this?

what improved? !

Zhang Xiaoyuan looked at Xiao Mobai's face.

Compared with just now... this face hasn't changed much?

He looked at Wen Tingting and the elder brother again, Wen Tingting stared at Xiao Mobai's face with wide eyes, but the elder brother was still staring at the empty bowl in front of him without any reaction.

"Young Xia Lu." Xiao Mobai said softly, "You must have heard some interesting stories about Jianghu, right?"

Lu Zhaoming finally turned his head to look at him, and answered seriously: "No."

Xiao Mobai: "..."

Xiao Mobai suddenly became discouraged.

Ding.

"Appearance: Stunning beauty that overwhelms the country and the city"

"The appearance has been reduced!"

"Confidence has dropped!"

"Appearance: Elder brother by the roadside"

Zhang Xiaoyuan: "..."

Wen Tingting rubbed his eyes, showing a puzzled expression.